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1971-D 50c

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade CPG Value
AU50 $1.05
AU53 $1.05
AU55 $1.05
AU58 $1.05
MS60 $1.10
MS61 $1.15
MS62 $1.40
MS63 $1.50
MS64 $4.05
MS65 $8.10
MS66 $13.50
MS67 $68.00
MS68 $3,120.00
OGP* $1.55

Apr Data

149 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1971-D 50C MS68 NGC. NGC Census: (26/0). Mintage 302,097,424. 68 HA 528 10/22/2024
    1971-D 50C MS68 NGC. NGC Census: (26/0). Mintage 302,097,424. 68 HA 576 10/01/2024
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 70% Off Center -- MS66 NGC. Mintage 302,097,424. 66 HA 360 09/16/2024
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 70% Off Center -- MS63 NGC. Mintage 302,097,424. 63 HA 336 09/16/2024
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-102, MS65 PCGS. PCGS Population: (31/23). NGC Census: (0/0). CDN: $125 Whsle. Bid for NG 65 HA 71 05/13/2024
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar - Struck on 25C Thickness Stock -- MS64 NGC. (10.7 grams). 64 HA 216 09/18/2023
    1971-D 50C MS66+ NGC. NGC Census: (700/178 and 6/11+). PCGS Population: (1151/292 and 21/9+). CDN: $10 Whsle. Bid for NGC/P 66 HA 69 07/03/2023
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 55% Off Center -- MS66 NGC. 66 HA 463 06/12/2023
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- 20% Curved Clip -- MS67 NGC. (9.4 g) 67 HA 159 06/12/2023
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Obverse Struck Thru Wire -- AU58 NGC. 58 HA 1,320 12/21/2022
    1971-D 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (154/21). PCGS Population: (266/8). CDN: $50 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintage 302,097 67 HA 51 11/08/2022
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Double Struck, Second Strike 75% Off Center -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 1,140 01/03/2022
    1971-D Kennedy Half Dollar--Struck on a 40% Silver Planchet--AU-58 (PCGS). 58 Stacks Bowers 9,900 08/19/2021
    197X-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Straight Clip -- MS63 NGC. (9.2 grams). 63 HA 89 07/15/2021
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Double Curved Clips -- MS65 NGC. 50 HA 74 07/15/2021
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Triple Clipped Planchet -- AU55 PCGS. From The Don Bonser Error Coin Collection Par 55 HA 348 05/22/2021
    Mint Error: 1971-D 50c PCGS AU58 (Struck on Defective Planchet 3% Rev Layer Missing) 58 David Lawrence Rare Coins 243 03/08/2021
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Double Struck, Second Strike 65% Off Center -- AU58 NGC. 58 HA 750 12/15/2020
    50C 1971-D NGC MS68 68 Legend 1,586 10/08/2020
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Five Cent Planchet -- MS63 PCGS. 63 HA 2,040 08/03/2020
    1971-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 15 02/17/2020
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Cent Planchet -- MS62 Red and Brown PCGS. Ruby-red and orange-gold fields com 62 HA 3,720 09/10/2019
    1971-D 50C MS68 PCGS. 68 HA 3,120 06/07/2019
    1971-D 50c NGC MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 15 04/22/2019
    1971-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (238/4). NGC Census: (110/5). CDN: $50 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Mi 67 HA 51 03/26/2019
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-102, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (16/1). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage 302,097,408. 66 HA 336 10/02/2018
    1971-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (224/3). NGC Census: (104/5). CDN: $95 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Mi 67 HA 99 10/02/2018
    1971-D Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Clad Quarter Planchet -- MS63 PCGS. 63 HA 528 08/19/2018
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Five Cent Planchet -- MS64 NGC. 64 HA 2,280 08/16/2018
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Clad Quarter Blank -- MS66 PCGS Secure. 66 HA 660 06/17/2018
    1971-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 41 06/04/2018
    1971-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (221/3). NGC Census: (105/4). Mintage 302,097,408. 67 HA 69 05/22/2018
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 70% Off Center -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 432 05/09/2018
    1971-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (215/3). NGC Census: (105/4). Mintage 302,097,408. 67 HA 104 08/29/2017
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Retained Wire Reverse -- MS64 NGC. 64 HA 228 08/27/2017
    Undated 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Clad Dime Planchet, Uniface Reverse -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 564 08/06/2017
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 60% Off-Center -- MS66 NGC. 66 HA 329 08/06/2017
    1971-D 50C MS64 NGC. NGC Census: (82/876). PCGS Population: (186/1652). Mintage 302,097,408. 64 HA 94 08/06/2017
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (12/1). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage 302,097,408. 66 HA 176 07/04/2017
    1971-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (213/3). NGC Census: (104/4). Mintage 302,097,408. 67 HA 94 04/18/2017
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-102, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (12/1). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage 302,097,408. 66 HA 470 12/13/2016
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (8/1). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage 302,097,408. 66 HA 114 09/27/2016
    1971-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (202/3). NGC Census: (104/4). Mintage 302,097,408. 67 HA 141 09/27/2016
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-102, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (11/1). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage 302,097,408. 66 HA 235 09/13/2016
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-102, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (11/1). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage: 302,097,408. F 66 HA 352 09/11/2016
    1971-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 70% Off-Center -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 352 01/11/2016
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101 MS65 PCGS. PCGS Population (34/8). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage: 302,097,408. 65 HA 42 11/03/2015
    1971-D 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-102 MS64 PCGS. PCGS Population (22/33). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage: 302,097,408. 64 HA 69 11/03/2015
    1971-D 50C DDO, FS-102 MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (11/1). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage: 302,097,408. 66 HA 258 11/03/2015
    1971-D 50C MS67 PCGS. Ex: Vennekotter Collection. PCGS Population (194/3). NGC Census: (93/4). Mintage: 302,097,408. Numism 67 HA 84 11/03/2015
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 6717
      Coin Date: 1971-D
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
      Desg: MS
      Mint Mark: D
      Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
      Mintage: 302,097,424
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Kennedy half dollar
      Coinage Years: 1971-Present
      Mint Location: Denver
      Diameter: 30.6
      Weight (Grams): 11.34
      Weight (Ounces): 0.36169
      Designer: Gilroy Roberts & Frank Gasparro
      Edge: Reeded
      Obverse Description: Portrait of President John F. Kennedy surrounded by the word LIBERTY on the periphery. IN GOD WE TRUST appears left and right of the portrait with the date at the bottom. The mint mark, if any, appears under the right of Kennedy's neck.
      Reverse Description: The heraldic eagle holding arrows and branch of olive leaves with a full circle of stars around it. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * HALF DOLLAR surround the periphery.
      General Notes: Shortly following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, Congress expedited the approval of redesigning the half dollar to honor the nation's fallen president. The first Kennedy half dollar was released in early 1964, replacing the Franklin half dollar that debuted only 16 years earlier in 1948.<BR><BR>The Kennedy half dollar, with the obverse designed by Gilroy Roberts and the reverse by Frank Gasparro, was an immediate hit; millions of mourning Americans jumping on the opportunity to own a "souvenir" of Kennedy for only 50 cents. This led many into thinking the Kennedy half dollar is inherently more valuable or worthy of saving than other half dollars and soon helped lead to an effective removal of the half dollar from circulation. By the early 1980s, the denomination had become virtually non-existent in day-to-day transactions, even though the half dollar remained on the lineup of business-strike circulating coinage until 2002.<BR><BR>No single issue of the Kennedy half dollar is rare, though any business-strike pieces grading better than MS66 or MS67 is largely regarded as a conditional rarity. There are also scarce varieties such as the 1974 doubled die obverse, 1982 no FG, and 1998-S matte finish. Several issues were made in relatively small quantities for distribution only in mint sets, including the 1970-D, 1987 Philadelphia and Denver pieces, and all made since 2002.
      PCGS #: 6717
      NGC ID: 24UB
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